Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated November 21, 1990, Docket No. 90-R2D3-536 (Sacramento, CA). Stuart A. Wein, Administrative Law Judge.
For Employer: J. E. "Jimmy" Brown, Safety Consultant. For DOSH: John Macfarlane, Associate Safety Engineer.
An alleged general violation of 4302(a) (circular knives and crosscut saws, Class-B) was vacated.
A trim saw, one of severel used by Employer to trim small wood moldings, was guarded by a fixed hood with an opening of 2-1/2 inches between it and the blade. Usually, but not invariably, wood was passed through the saw in handfuls or bundles large enough to leave a gap between guard and wood of less than one
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